Diet Pills

For patients unable to achieve significant weight reduction, prevention of further weight gain is an important goal; such patients may also need to participate in a weight management program. All patients with a BMI of 30 or those with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 kg/m2 (or a high waist circumference) and two or more risk factors should attempt to lose weight.

Some people lose weight on their own; others like the support of a structured program. Overweight people who are successful at losing weight, and keeping it off, can reduce their risk factors for heart disease.

To successfully lose weight, you must carry out a plan to balance your caloric intake with exercise. Ideally, dieting should be done by eating a nutritionally balanced, low-calorie diet and increasing physical activity.

The recommendations for saturated fat and total fat are based on the percentage of calories you eat; the actual amount that you eat will vary depending on how many calories you eat.

It is unclear whether protein intake during dieting influences bone density.

It is better to maintain a moderate weight loss over a prolonged period than to regain from a marked weight loss.

The number of obese teens in the U.S. is rising fast. In the 1980s, 5 percent of teens were obese. Twenty years later, that level has grown to more than 15 percent.

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